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Where does “زمان” come from?

زمان (Old Anatolian Turkish) comes from Persian زمان, from Old Persian *jamānā, from Proto-Iranian *ǰámaHnaH.

Ancestry of “زمان”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianزمانtime; season; epoch
2Old Persian*jamānā—
3Proto-Iranian*ǰámaHnaH—
Every word from Proto-Iranian *ǰámaHnaH →